Settler Colonialism and Land Rights in South Africa [electronic resource] : Possession and Dispossession on the Orange River /
Cavanagh, E.author.
This local history of Griqua Philippolis (1824-1862) and Afrikaner Orania (1990-2013) gets at the crux of the ever-pertinent land question in South Africa. Identifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Terminology -- Introduction: Land, Sovereignty, and Indigeneity in South Africa -- 1. The Erasure of Past Interests in Land at Philippolis -- 2. The Griqua Land Regime and its Challenges -- 3. The Erasure of Past Interests in Land at Orania -- 4. The Oranian Land Regime and its Challenges -- Conclusion: Land Regimes and Property Rights on the Orange River -- Afterword: On Restitution and Dispossession -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This local history of Griqua Philippolis (1824-1862) and Afrikaner Orania (1990-2013) gets at the crux of the ever-pertinent land question in South Africa. Identifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism.
History, Modern.
Africa—History.
Imperialism.
World politics.
Social history.
World history.
Modern History.
African History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Political History.
Social History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.